Evaluation of Pharmacist Intervention for Individuals With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes

NCT ID: NCT05442840

Last Updated: 2026-01-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-04

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that can lead to a number of complications if uncontrolled and there is a projected increase of 33% patients living with diabetes over the next 10 years. There can be improvements to modifiable risk factors such as diet and exercise, in addition to medications. Treatment often involves a multidisciplinary approach with a physician, endocrinologist, dietitian, pharmacist and other support health professionals as required. This study will evaluate the effects of the pharmacists (or pharmD interns) intervention, looking at changes to the patients HbA1C, which is a measure of the patients blood glucose control over the previous 3 months as well as the patients understanding and comfort with managing their own diabetes via participant survey.

Detailed Description

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Recruitment will begin in July 2022, potential participants can self-refer or another healthcare provider may discuss the study and provide contact information to the study team for all interested potential participants. These potential participants would then be screened for eligibility by the pharmacist or PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) Intern. The goal is to enroll 60 participants in the study. All participants must provide consent to participate and will be asked to complete a participant survey.

All participants who consented will then be randomized into a control group which will not receive pharmacist intervention during the study period, or the intervention group which will receive pharmacist/PharmD Intern led intervention which includes a medication review, optimizing medication treatment options and frequent follow up and diabetes education. The control group participants will be offered pharmacist intervention following the study period. All participants will be asked to complete a participant survey at the start and end of the study. All participants will also have standard care from their physicians and other healthcare team members as required which would be standard of practice. All participants would also be asked to repeat their blood work at the end of the study period.

Conditions

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Diabetes Type 2

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 arms, either control or pharmacist intervention
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers
The care provider (physician) will be aware the patient is participating in the study but will not be informed directly as to which arm they will be enrolled in, however if they review the electronic chart record they will be able to identify which arm

Study Groups

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Control Arm

The participants in this arm will receive standard of care from their physician as they would have been doing previously. This still may involve blood work, referrals to other health providers (except pharmacist) and medication adjustments driven by the pharmacist.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Pharmacist Intervention Arm

The participants in this arm will receive standard of care from their physician in addition to pharmacist intervention. The pharmacist or pharmD intern leads the diabetes care for the patient typically, conducting a medication review, recommending medication changes, frequent follow up and requesting blood work and providing referrals to other health care providers as needed,which is standard care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Behavioral and drugs already approved and available for diabetes management

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Pharmacists will review the patients information and medical history as well as drug coverage to discuss preferred treatment options to manage diabetes based on recommendations from Diabetes Canada treatment guidelines; all drugs have been approved and are available on the market; pharmacists will offer frequent follow up and provide basic diabetes education to the patient at each follow up appointment

Interventions

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Behavioral and drugs already approved and available for diabetes management

Pharmacists will review the patients information and medical history as well as drug coverage to discuss preferred treatment options to manage diabetes based on recommendations from Diabetes Canada treatment guidelines; all drugs have been approved and are available on the market; pharmacists will offer frequent follow up and provide basic diabetes education to the patient at each follow up appointment

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients whose primary care physician is within the Portage Clinic
* Adults (age 18 and older) with type 2 diabetes with HbA1C 10 % or above
* Patients whom have not had previous clinical pharmacist directed intervention
* Agree to participate in the study, including frequent follow up, blood glucose home monitoring as directed and repeat lab work
* Willing to consider medication adjustments as deemed appropriate
* Willing to review and sign the Research Participant Information and Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients less than 18 years of age
* Patients with type 1 diabetes, pre-diabetes or gestational diabetes (or whom are pregnant)
* Patients whom have had recent or ongoing clinical pharmacist directed intervention or intensive health care professional monitoring and guidance
* Patients with HbA1C less than 10%
* Patients whom refuse medication adjustments
* Patients with severe renal impairment or receiving dialysis treatments
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Manitoba

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Portage Clinic

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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APDS Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire - Baker. (n.d.). Retrieved March 22, 2022, from https://www.baker.edu.au/-/media/documents/impact/ausdiab/questionnaires/ausdiab-diabetes-knowledge-questionnaire-2004.pdf?la=en

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Schmitt A, Gahr A, Hermanns N, Kulzer B, Huber J, Haak T. The Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ): development and evaluation of an instrument to assess diabetes self-care activities associated with glycaemic control. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2013 Aug 13;11:138. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-138.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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36-Item Short form survey instrument (SF-36). RAND Corporation. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2022, from https://www.rand.org/health-care/surveys_tools/mos/36-item-short-form/survey-instrument.html

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Jacobson, A. M., & Diabetes Control & Complications Trial Research Group. (1994). The Diabetes Quality of Life Measure. In C. Bradley (Ed.), Handbook of psychology and diabetes: A guide to psychological measurement in diabetes research and practice (pp. 65-87). Harwood Academic Publishers/Gordon.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Bradley C: The Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire: DTSQ. In Handbook of Psychology and Diabetes: a guide to psychological measurement in diabetes research and practice. Edited by: Bradley C. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers; 1994:111-132

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Syarifuddin S, Nasution A, Dalimunthe A, Khairunnisa. Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on Improving the Quality of Life of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2019 Apr 29;7(8):1401-1405. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.140. eCollection 2019 Apr 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31110593 (View on PubMed)

Bukhsh A, Nawaz MS, Ahmed HS, Khan TM. A randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of pharmacist-led educational intervention on glycemic control, self-care activities and disease knowledge among type 2 diabetes patients: A consort compliant study protocol. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Mar;97(12):e9847. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009847.

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Abdulrhim S, Awaisu A, Ibrahim MIM, Diab MI, Hussain MAM, Al Raey H, Ismail MT, Sankaralingam S. Impact of pharmacist-involved collaborative care on diabetes management in a primary healthcare setting using real-world data. Int J Clin Pharm. 2022 Feb;44(1):153-162. doi: 10.1007/s11096-021-01327-x. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Stading, J., Herrmann, J., Walters, R., Destache, C., Chock, A. (2009). Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on Diabetes Patients in an Ambulatory Setting. Diabetes Spectrum, Volume 22, Number 4, (241-246). https://diabetesjournals.org/spectrum/article/22/4/241/2441/Impact-of-Pharmacist-Intervention-on-Diabetes

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Jennings DL, Ragucci KR, Chumney EC, Wessell AM. Impact of clinical pharmacist intervention on diabetes related quality-of-life in an ambulatory care clinic. Pharm Pract (Granada). 2007 Oct;5(4):169-73. doi: 10.4321/s1886-36552007000400005.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Butt M, Mhd Ali A, Bakry MM, Mustafa N. Impact of a pharmacist led diabetes mellitus intervention on HbA1c, medication adherence and quality of life: A randomised controlled study. Saudi Pharm J. 2016 Jan;24(1):40-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2015.02.023. Epub 2015 Mar 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26903767 (View on PubMed)

Shane-McWhorter L, McAdam-Marx C, Lenert L, Petersen M, Woolsey S, Coursey JM, Whittaker TC, Hyer C, LaMarche D, Carroll P, Chuy L. Pharmacist-provided diabetes management and education via a telemonitoring program. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2015 Sep-Oct;55(5):516-26. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2015.14285.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Related Links

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https://www.diabetes.ca/DiabetesCanadaWebsite/media/Advocacy-and-Policy/Backgrounder/2021_Backgrounder_Manitoba_FINAL_1.pdf

Diabetes Canada (2022, March). Diabetes in Manitoba: Backgrounder. Ottawa: Diabetes Canada; 2021.

https://www.pharmacists.ca/news-events/news/more-and-more-canadians-say-pharmacists-play-essential-role-in-canada-s-health-care-system/

Canadian Pharmacists Association, (2022, March). More and more Canadians say pharmacists play essential role in Canada's health care system, 2017.

https://guidelines.diabetes.ca/self-management/sme-action-plan

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2018). Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. Resources for People with Diabetes, Managing my Diabetes - My Action Plan.

https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetescanadawebsite/media/managing-my-diabetes/tools%20and%20resources/medication-sheet-sglt2.pdf?ext=.pdf

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2015). Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. Patient resources, Medication sheet: SGLT2 Inhibitors

https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetescanadawebsite/media/health-care-providers/2018%20clinical%20practice%20guidelines/cpg-quick-reference-guide-web.pdf?ext=.pdf

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2018). Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. Quick Reference Guide.

https://www.diabetes.ca/DiabetesCanadaWebsite/media/Managing-My-Diabetes/Tools%20and%20Resources/insulin-pen-start-checklist.pdf?ext=.pdf

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2018). Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. Tools and Resources, Insulin pen start checklist

https://www.diabetes.ca/DiabetesCanadaWebsite/media/Health-care-providers/2018%20Clinical%20Practice%20Guidelines/Appendix-7-therapeutic-considerations-for-renal-impairment.pdf?ext=.pdf

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2018). Appendix 7: Therapeutic Considerations for Renal Impairment. (2018). Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42

http://guidelines.diabetes.ca/cpg/chapter-13-2020-update

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2020). 2020 Chapter Updates: Pharmacologic Glycemic Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: 2020 Update

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.12.006

The Canadian Diabetes Association. (2018). Appendix 6: Types of insulin. (2018). Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42

Other Identifiers

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HS25460 (B2022:031)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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